Freedom Flyers Orhis P

by J. Todd Moye

Book Overview

In this inspiring account of the Tuskegee Airmen--the country's first African American military pilots--historian J. Todd Moye captures the challenges and triumphs of these brave aviators in their own words, drawing on more than 800 interviews recorded for the National Park Service's Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project.

Denied the right to fully participate in the U.S. war effort alongside whites at the beginning of World War II, African...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199896550
• ISBN13: 9780199896554
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"